Author Archives: Brooks Jackson

“Reprehensible Misrepresentation”

Posted on April 24, 2008 , Updated on April 30, 2008

Summary Conservative activist Floyd G. Brown, who had a hand in the 1988 "Willie Horton" attack ad, is seeking funds to show a new spot accusing Obama of being "weak" on Chicago gang killers in 2001 and suggesting he’d be weak on terrorism, too.  Brown bases the claim on Obama’s …
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Counting Obama’s and Clinton’s Delegates

Posted on April 23, 2008

Q: Which is the correct delegate count for Obama and Clinton? A: There’s no official count. Different news organizations and Web sites come up with slightly different estimates because the job is complex and involves a bit of guesswork.

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Obama and the National Anthem

Posted on April 22, 2008

Q: Did Obama say the National Anthem conveys a "war-like message" and should be swapped for something such as "I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing"? A: No. That’s false. The quote was one conservative writer’s idea of a joke, which has been picked up and repeated as though …
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Misleading Pennsylvania Voters

Posted on April 21, 2008

Summary Clinton and Obama twisted facts unmercifully as they strained to make Pennsylvania voters believe the other is offering a flawed health care plan. An anti-Obama ad by a pro-Clinton group says her plan would "help every American" and implies his would not. In fact, Obama proposes to offer subsidized …
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Americans Making More than $250,000

Posted on April 20, 2008

Q: What percentage of the U.S. population makes more than $250,000 per year? A: Roughly one in 50 households will take in more than $250,000 next year.

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Blacks and the Democratic Party

Posted on April 18, 2008

Q: When did blacks start voting Democratic? A: There was a big move to Democratic voting in Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration, and another in Lyndon B. Johnson’s.

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Taking Liberties in Philadelphia

Posted on April 17, 2008

Summary Clinton and Obama both strained the facts at times during their debate in Philadelphia. Clinton said "people died" in 1970s bombings by a radical group of which an Obama acquaintance was a member. In fact, the deaths were of three members of the Weather Underground itself, who died when …
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Why Can Cubans Stay in the U.S.?

Posted on April 15, 2008

Q: Why is it that when a Cuban lands on U.S. soil, he is permitted to stay, yet when a Mexican/Hispanic lands on U.S. soil, he cannot? A: Cuban immigrants were given special status by an act of Congress in the 1960s.

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Oily Words

Posted on April 11, 2008

Summary Clinton and Obama are slamming each other and the oil companies in dueling radio ads in Pennsylvania. Both ads exaggerate and twist the facts. Both ads say, in effect, that the opposing candidate is reluctant to offend oil companies due to campaign donations. The truth is they both propose …
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Federal Reserve Bank Ownership

Posted on March 31, 2008

Q: Who owns the Federal Reserve Bank? A: There are actually 12 different Federal Reserve Banks around the country, and they are owned by big private banks. But the banks don’t necessarily run the show. Nationally, the Federal Reserve System is led by a Board of Governors whose seven members …
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